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Opacity vs Nonopacity - What's the difference?

opacity | nonopacity |

As nouns the difference between opacity and nonopacity

is that opacity is (uncountable) the state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through while nonopacity is lack of opacity; the state or condition of being nonopaque.

opacity

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through
    • We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.
  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding
    • The opacity of these decisions is troubling.
  • (optics, countable) A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.
    • The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.

    Synonyms

    * opaqueness

    Coordinate terms

    * transparency

    nonopacity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Lack of opacity; the state or condition of being nonopaque.